# Yomiuri Milers Cup

The Yomiuri Milers Cup (Japanese マイラーズカップ) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It was run over a distance of 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse until 2011 in April but is now run at Kyoto Racecourse. The race serves as a major trial for the Yasuda Kinen.
The Milers Cup was first run in 1970 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been Daiwa Major, Company, Grand Prix Boss and Isla Bonita.

## Race details

The race is run at Kyoto Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt using the outer curve.

### Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above. Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
* If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
** 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
** 1 kg for a grade 2 win
* If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
** 1 kg for a grade 1 win

## Winners since 2000

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 2000 | Meiner Max | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Hitoshi Nakamura | 1:34.3 |
| 2001 | Joten Brave | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:32.8 |
| 2002 | Millennium Bio | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masazo Ryoke | 1:32.6 |
| 2003 | Lohengrin | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | 1:31.9 |
| 2004 | My Sole Sound | 4 | Masa Honda | Katuichi Nishiura | 1:32.9 |
| 2005 | Lohengrin | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 1:33.5 |
| 2006 | Daiwa Major | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:36.2 |
| 2007 | Kongo Rikishio | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:32.2 |
| 2008 | Company | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonahi | 1:33.6 |
| 2009 | Super Hornet | 6 | Yusuke Fujioka | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:33.9 |
| 2010 | Reach The Crown | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:32.9 |
| 2011 | Silport | 6 | Futoshi Komaki | Masato Nishizono | 1:32.3 |
| 2012 | Silport | 7 | Futoshi Komaki | Masato Nishizono | 1:33.2 |
| 2013 | Grand Prix Boss | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:32.6 |
| 2014 | World Ace | 5 | Andrasch Starke | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:31.4 |
| 2015 | Red Arion | 5 | Haruhiko Kawasu | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:32.6 |
| 2016 | Kluger | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Tomokazu Takano | 1:32.6 |
| 2017 | Isla Bonita | 6 | Christophe Lemaire | Hironori Kurita | 1:32.2 |
| 2018 | Sungrazer | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidekazu Asami | 1:31.3 |
| 2019 | Danon Premium | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:32.6 |
| 2020 | Indy Champ | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:32.4 |
| 2021 | Cadence Call | 5 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:31.4 |
| 2022 | Soul Rush | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:33.3 |
| 2023 | Schnell Meister | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:31.5 |
| 2024 | Soul Rush | 6 | Taisei Danno | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:32.5 |
$^a$ The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

## Earlier winners

* 1984 - Roller King
* 1985 - Nihon Pillow Winner
* 1986 - Long Hayabusa
* 1987 - Concert Master
* 1988 - Mr Boy
* 1989 - Mystic Star
* 1990 - Mejiro Worth
* 1991 - Daitaku Helios
* 1992 - Daitaku Helios
* 1993 - Nishino Flower
* 1994 - North Flight
* 1995 - Big Shori
* 1996 - Nihon Pillow Prince
* 1997 - Osumi Tycoon
* 1998 - Big Sunday
* 1999 - Egao O Misete